To hide computer drives to protect data using Registry.

It shows how to hide drives to protect against unauthorized access using Registry.

Keywords: Registry, Drives, Hard disk, Drive.

Steps to Hide computer Drive.

Step 1: click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

 

Step 2: Then locate : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer

Step 3: Right click on the right side panel to create a new DWORD value with name NoDrive(Case sensitive)

Step 4: Then open the file and modify the value to 3FFFFFF (if we want to hide all drive)

Step 5: For hide certain Drive use the following Values.

A             -              1

B             -              2

C             -              4

D             -              8

E              -              16

F              -              32

G             -              64

H             -              128 and goes like that

Step 7: If we want to hide C Drive, modify the value to 4.

Step 8: Now restart your system for the changes to take place.

(imp: To restore changes that made, just delete or change the value of the file)

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